Kindergarten

Welcome to the experience of helping your child make connections in math with the Math in Focus® program. Math in Focus®: Singapore Math by Marshall Cavendish is the world-class math curriculum from Singapore adapted for U.S. classrooms.

The Math in Focus® Kindergarten program consists of classroom learning experiences structured around the Investigate–Discover– Explore–Apply format:

Investigate invites children to sing, clap, rhyme, and discuss colorful, playful scenes presented in the Big Book while the teacher systematically elicits related math talk.

Discover provides hands-on work in small groups or pairs to allow children to act out or engage actively with the new math idea.

Explore reinforces and enhances concepts as children go one step further with the concept.

Apply provides children the opportunity to work independently with paper and pencil to practice the new concept or skill.

You can help your child build mathematical success and confidence, as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home.

Grade 1

Welcome to Math in FocusTM: The Singapore Approach, the world-class math curriculum from Singapore adapted for U.S. classrooms based on updated math standards. Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.

This year, your first grader will focus on:

building problem-solving skills and strategies

counting, comparing, and writing numbers to 100

adding and subtracting 1-digit and 2-digit numbers

classifying and sorting shapes and patterns

measuring length and weight

using calendars, time and money

You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home by taking advantage of opportunities to use math in everyday situations. Allow your child's math class-work or homework to guide you in determining the appropriate level of challenge.

On car or bus trips, challenge your child to:

find the numbers 1 through 10 (or higher, as the year goes on) in order

find the numbers 10 through 1 in reverse order

count how many red cars she sees in five minutes

At home, invite your child to:

help you count coins for rolling and taking to the bank

reset clocks when the time changes in fall and spring

mark dates of importance on a calendar

While shopping, allow your child to:

compare prices on different brand items

read food lables to compare servering per container

estimate how many cartons of milk to buy

Contact your child's teacher if you have any questions about the program or your child's progress.

Grade 3

Welcome to Math in FocusTM: The Singapore Approach, the world-class math curriculum from Singapore adapted for U.S. classrooms based on updated math standards. Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.

This year, your third grader will focus on:

building problem-solving skills and strategies

using models to solve real-world problems involving the four operations

making and interpreting data from bar graphs

identifying fractions of a set

finding angles and identifying lines

understanding area and perimeter of figures

You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home by taking advantage of opportunities to use math in everyday situations. Allow your child's math class-work or homework to guide you in determining the appropriate level of challenge.

While shopping or at the supermarket, have your child:

estimate the cost of your groceries

pay for purchases with real money and estimate the change

On car trips, challenge your child to:

look out for geometric shapes in road signs, buildings and architecture

At home, inivte your child to:

help plan a family vacation by looking at prices from the internet or travel brochures

measure ingredients for a recipe

conduct a survey and tally the responses

find angles and lines in things around the house

Contact your child's teacher if you have any questions about the program or your child's progress.

Grade 2

Welcome to Math in FocusTM: The Singapore Approach, the world-class math curriculum from Singapore adapted for U.S. classrooms based on updated math standards. Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.

This year, your second grader will focus on:

building problem-solving skills and strategies

counting, comparing, and writing numbers to 1,000

adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using bar models

measuring lenght, mass, and volume in metric units

telling time

recognizing bills and coins

classifying lines and surfaces

You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home by taking advantage of opportunities to use math in everyday situations. Allow your child's math class-work or homework to guide you in determining the appropriate level of challenge.

While at the supermarket or at home,

have your child to read food labels to compare weight

help your hcild measure small objects using a centimeter ruler

estimate and weigh packaged foods items

estimate, compare and measure heights of furniture

comare and exchange different amounts of money

practice telling time and finding elasped time

On car trips encourage your child to:

make 3-digit numbers and order them from least to greatest

mentally add or subtract 3-digit numbers and multiples of ten

Contact your child's teacher if you have any questions about the program or your child's progress.

Grade 4

Welcome to Math in FocusTM: The Singapore Approach, the world-class math curriculum from Singapore adapted for U.S. classrooms based on updated math standards.Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.

This year, your fourth grader will focus on:

building problem-solving skills and strategies

multiplying and dividing with 1-digit and 2-digit numbers

using tables, graphs, data and probability

adding and subtracting with fractions and decimals

understanding relationships between fractions and decimals

studying angles, lines segments, area, and perimeter

You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home by taking advantage of opportunities to use math in everyday situations. Allow your child's math class-work or homework to guide you in determining the appropriate level of challenge.